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A winery in B.C.’s Okanagan has been permanently banned from hiring temporary foreign workers and fined $118,000, according to the federal government. According to a notification on the government’s website, Toor Vineyards did not provide a federal inspector with the documents they asked for and did not “put in enough …
Read More »Historic Kamloops, B.C., steam train may soon return with a multi-city excursion
Kamloops’ beloved steam locomotive may be back on new tracks by 2026 to run one of the world’s longest steam-powered rail excursions. After talks of keeping the historic train off the rails to be displayed in a museum, a new board of directors at the Kamloops Heritage Railway Society is taking things …
Read More »Online child exploitation almost quadrupled in B.C. from 2021 to 2023
Online predators are becoming increasingly resourceful in trolling media platforms where children gravitate, prompting an explosion in police caseloads, said an officer who works for the RCMP Integrated Child Exploitation Unit in British Columbia. Data show the problem spiked during COVID-19 when children began spending more time online — but …
Read More »Online child exploitation spiked in B.C. in recent years. Police worry it’s here to stay
Online predators are becoming increasingly resourceful in trolling media platforms where children gravitate, prompting an explosion in police case loads, says an officer who works for the RCMP Integrated Child Exploitation Unit in British Columbia. Data shows the problem spiked during COVID-19 when children began spending more time online — …
Read More »5 skiers rescued after being buried by avalanche north of Whistler, B.C.
Four heli-skiers and their guide had to be rescued after an avalanche buried them near Pemberton, B.C., north of Whistler on Monday, according to RCMP. Whistler RCMP said they first received reports of an avalanche at 11:30 a.m. PT in the Ipsoot Mountain area, in a backcountry ski area called “The …
Read More »Doctors call for more scurvy testing in B.C. in light of vitamin C deficiency data
Nearly 700 people in British Columbia have been reported to have a vitamin C deficiency in the past decade, according to data obtained by CBC News, prompting doctors to raise questions about the prevalence of scurvy — a life-threatening disease thought to be a thing of the past — in the province. CBC …
Read More »Tsunami warning cancelled after quake off northern California coast, no threat to B.C.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit off a sparsely populated stretch of northern California coast on Thursday, prompting coastal towns to evacuate low-lying areas amid a tsunami warning that was later cancelled. Emergency Info B.C. says there is “no tsunami threat to B.C.” No deaths or injuries were reported. There were no …
Read More »Missing hiker found alive after more than 5 weeks in remote B.C. park
A hiker who went missing in B.C.’s backwoods has been found after surviving more than five weeks in a remote park in B.C.’s northeast as snow fell and temperatures plunged. CBC News confirmed the information through family, as well as individuals involved in the search. Sam Benastick, 20, was first reported …
Read More »Family in ‘limbo’ with father’s ashes stuck in B.C. postal facility
Emily Walstrom was expecting to lay her father to rest this month, but instead, she says his cremated remains are stuck in a Canada Post facility in B.C., delayed by the ongoing national postal strike. She says her father, Dennis Walstrom, died suddenly on Oct. 23 in Surrey, B.C., from complications …
Read More »Study finds Indigenous people in B.C. cultivated hazelnuts 7,000 years ago, challenging modern assumptions
The hazelnut tree has long been a part of the landscape in parts of British Columbia. A 19th-century settler gave the village of Hazelton in northern B.C.’s Skeena region its name because of the abundance of hazelnuts in the area. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science indicates …
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